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- What is a class action?
When a company's products or conduct harm more than one person, those individuals can combine their lawsuits to seek justice. A class action is a civil lawsuit in which one or more plaintiffs are members of a larger group – a class of individuals – who have been harmed in a similar way and sue on behalf of everyone in the group. Class actions can be brought in either federal or state court.
- What makes something a class action?
One of our attorneys can advise you as to whether you have the basis for a potential class action lawsuit. If a lawsuit is filed, a judge must certify the case as a class action lawsuit by determining that there a sufficient number of plaintiffs and whether those plaintiffs' claims have enough in common to be appropriate for a class action.
- Is a class action lawsuit the best option?
Every case is different, but class action lawsuits do serve an important purpose in the American judicial system. If you have a complaint against a company because of a defective product, false advertising, or fraudulent practices, you may not be the only consumer to have suffered. But while corporations may have vast financial and legal resources, an individual may have very modest resources. Class action lawsuits allow ordinary citizens the ability to litigate on a more level playing field with corporations. In addition to providing fair compensation to plaintiffs, class action lawsuits can hold companies accountable for bad business practices and help stop corporate wrongdoing. Class action lawsuits also are a cost-effective and efficient way for courts to administer justice when there are numerous plaintiffs with the same complaints.
- Is my grievance too small?
Class actions were created to allow those whose claims are too small to justify the expense of litigation to band together in a single lawsuit. The amount involved may be small for each individual, but in the aggregate, the amount by which the perpetrator has been enriched can be quite large.